Thursday, June 14, 2007

Daily Headlines June 14, 2007

* “I can tell you that he has recovered his fastball of 90 miles an hour,” said Hugo Chavez on Fidel Castro’s health after the two held a private meeting together in Havana.

* An earthquake measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale affected El Salvador and Guatemala yesterday.

* Heavy snowfall stranded hundreds of freight trucks along the Chile-Argentina border.

* Over 400 stolen artifacts will be returned from the U.S. to Peru.

* Follow-up: Less than three months after topping the world’s soccer rankings, Argentina slipped down to fifth place while Brazil remained in third place.

Sources- Bloomberg, Monsters & Critics, CNN, International Herald Tribune, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC

Image-BBC News (Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez meeting)

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